Antonyms for evasion
ɪˈveɪ ʒəneva·sion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. evasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   subterfuge, shift, equivocation, shuffling, prevarication

2. evasionnoun

   The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

   Synonyms:
   subterfuge, prevarication, shift, shuffling, equivocation

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. evasion

   Antonyms:
   answer, counterargument, grappling

   Synonyms:
   prevarication, shuffle, fencing, sheet, subterfuge, quibble, equivocation

Matched Categories

1. • Commerce
   • Escape
   • Misrepresentation
   • Negligence

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. evasion, equivocationnoun

   a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

   Synonyms:
   tergiversation, evasiveness, dodging, escape, equivocation, nonpayment, prevarication

2. evasion, nonpaymentnoun

   the deliberate act of failing to pay money

   "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"

   Synonyms:
   default, equivocation, escape, nonpayment, dodging, nonremittal

3. evasion, escape, dodgingnoun

   nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

   "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

   Synonyms:
   leakage, equivocation, nonpayment, turning away, dodge, escapism, shunning, flight, safety valve, escape, escape cock, dodging, leak, relief valve, avoidance, escape valve, scheme, outflow

4. evasionnoun

   the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

   Synonyms:
   equivocation, escape, nonpayment, dodging

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1. evasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   evading, eluding, escape, baffling, foiling, prevarication, equivocation, sophistry, tergiversation, subterfuge, dodge, excuse

How to use evasion in a sentence?

1. Norman Darío Martínez:

   Macri's participation as director and vicepresident of two companies in the Bahamas and Panama is clear, proved and admitted, and these places are tax havens that are usually used for money laundering and tax evasion.

2. Michael Cohen:

   There is no tax evasion, and the HELOC ? I have an 18 % loan to value on my home. How could there be a HELOC issue ? How ? ... It's a lie.

3. Richard Nephew:

   I think that Iran would be prepared to help Russia with respect to some sanctions evasion tools.

4. United States:

   We work vigorously to counter sanctions evasion and continue to strictly enforce sanctions on Iran's illicit oil trade. Anyone purchasing oil from Iran faces the prospect of United States sanctions.

5. Carsten Schneider:

   If David Cameron still wants to be taken seriously personally and politically in the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, Britain needs to close the loopholes in its own country immediately.

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